Floyd Bannister
Floyd Franklin Bannister
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 10, 1955 in Pierre, SD
High School: Kennedy (Burien, WA)
School: Arizona State University
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1977
Final Game: August 10, 1992
Relatives: Father of Brian Bannister
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 HOU NL 22 P 24 23 142.2 20 6 14 0 1 1.000 1.26 0.83 .945 1.85 0.67 RoY-4
1978 HOU NL 23 P 28 16 110.1 7 1 6 0 2 1.000 0.57 0.25 .943 1.91 0.72
1979 SEA AL 24 P 30 30 182.1 25 10 15 0 0 1.000 1.23 0.83 .948 1.92 0.81
1980 SEA AL 25 P 32 32 217.2 39 12 26 1 2 .974 1.57 1.19 .956 1.85 0.77
1981 SEA AL 26 P 21 20 121.1 21 6 15 0 1 1.000 1.56 1.00 .962 1.98 0.81
1982 SEA AL 27 P 35 35 247.0 40 8 30 2 1 .950 1.38 1.09 .957 1.80 0.73 AS
1983 CHW AL 28 P 34 34 217.1 33 8 23 2 0 .939 1.28 0.91 .958 1.80 0.73
1984 CHW AL 29 P 34 33 218.0 27 3 23 1 0 .963 1.07 0.76 .959 1.79 0.70
1985 CHW AL 30 P 34 34 210.2 27 4 22 1 0 .963 1.11 0.76 .952 1.86 0.70
1986 CHW AL 31 P 28 27 165.1 26 3 22 1 1 .962 1.36 0.89 .958 1.83 0.68
1987 CHW AL 32 P 34 34 228.2 33 10 22 1 0 .970 1.26 0.94 .955 1.84 0.67
1988 KCR AL 33 P 31 31 189.1 34 8 25 1 1 .971 1.57 1.06 .962 1.78 0.67
1989 KCR AL 34 P 14 14 75.1 18 3 15 0 3 1.000 2.15 1.29 .956 1.86 0.66
1991 CAL AL 36 P 16 0 25.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.36 0.06 1.000 1.80 0.58
1992 TEX AL 37 P 36 0 37.0 9 4 5 0 0 1.000 2.19 0.25 .956 1.73 0.56
15 Seasons P 431 363 2388.0 360 86 264 10 12 .972 1.32 0.81 .956 1.84 0.70
15 Seasons TOT 431 363 2388.0 360 86 264 10 12 .972 1.32 0.81 .928 1.84 0.70

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1977 HOU NL 22 24 23 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 HOU NL 23 28 16 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 SEA AL 24 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 SEA AL 25 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 SEA AL 26 21 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 SEA AL 27 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CHW AL 28 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CHW AL 29 34 0 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CHW AL 30 34 0 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CHW AL 31 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CHW AL 32 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 KCR AL 33 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 KCR AL 34 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 CAL AL 36 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 TEX AL 37 36 0 1 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 431 39 55 431 431 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1977 HOU NL 22 659 72% 20% 12 83% 0 8 1 4 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 100%
1978 HOU NL 23 533 70% 17% 7 100% 0 1 0 1 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 4 100%
1979 SEA AL 24 822 77% 22% 13 100% 0 10 0 7 14 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1980 SEA AL 25 949 77% 23% 29 97% 1 12 1 9 26 20 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 8 100%
1981 SEA AL 26 542 77% 21% 16 94% 0 5 0 4 15 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1982 SEA AL 27 1058 73% 22% 29 97% 0 8 0 5 30 22 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 100%
1983 CHW AL 28 936 72% 22% 25 84% 0 6 2 3 24 17 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 50%
1984 CHW AL 29 967 75% 21% 21 95% 0 4 0 4 21 16 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1985 CHW AL 30 966 69% 18% 20 100% 0 5 0 5 21 16 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 100%
1986 CHW AL 31 716 80% 24% 22 95% 0 3 0 3 22 15 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1987 CHW AL 32 962 82% 23% 28 89% 0 9 1 6 23 20 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 88%
1988 KCR AL 33 845 78% 28% 28 96% 0 8 2 6 25 22 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 100%
1989 KCR AL 34 340 84% 31% 16 94% 0 3 1 1 15 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 2 50%
1991 CAL AL 36 110 76% 26% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 TEX AL 37 184 71% 22% 5 100% 0 4 1 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
15 Seasons 10589 75% 22% 272 94% 1 86 9 61 263 196 18 10 0 2 8 1 11 7 9 2 58 91%
MLB Averages 78% 28% 92% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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